Data
Northwestern U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 491 | 473 | 491 | 428 | 433 | 484 | 432 | 441 | 454 | 424 |
| Science and engineering | 408 | 378 | 394 | 356 | 361 | 388 | 346 | 355 | 355 | 332 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 63 | 70 | 83 | 59 | 72 | 74 | 69 | 62 | 79 | 64 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 33 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 9 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 6 | . | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| Molecular biology | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 6 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 19 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | . | 4 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 8 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 23 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
| Computer science | 19 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 5 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 4 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 136 | 118 | 114 | 103 | 123 | 120 | 102 | 127 | 103 | 122 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 18 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 17 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 11 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 15 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 17 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 13 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 19 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 14 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 10 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 37 | 37 | 25 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 34 | 37 | 28 | 31 |
| Mechanical engineering | 16 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 20 |
| Engineering, other | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 14 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 11 |
| Applied mathematics | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Mathematics | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Statistics | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 5 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 63 | 56 | 77 | 61 | 53 | 70 | 58 | 56 | 56 | 49 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Chemistry | 45 | 41 | 54 | 42 | 38 | 44 | 33 | 33 | 41 | 38 |
| Physics | 14 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 9 |
| Psychology | 19 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 19 |
| Clinical psychology | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Social sciences | 70 | 60 | 55 | 58 | 53 | 62 | 57 | 50 | 59 | 54 |
| Anthropology | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Economics | 27 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 24 | 19 |
| Political science and government | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 15 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 9 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 9 |
| Social sciences, other | 11 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 7 |
| Non-science and engineering | 83 | 95 | 97 | 72 | 72 | 96 | 86 | 86 | 99 | 92 |
| Business | 15 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 26 |
| Business | 15 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 26 |
| Education | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | . | 2 | 3 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Education, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Humanities and arts | 49 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 46 | 65 | 56 | 56 | 62 | 38 |
| Letters | 9 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| History | 11 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 9 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Music and performing arts | 7 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 16 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 6 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 15 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 18 |
| Communication | 15 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 17 |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 |
NOTES:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
